Panama canal slides threaten west bank removal by dredges
Engineers report the Panama Canal approach near Culebra shows multiple fissures indicating a possible surface movement. The slow but steady slide from Contractors Hill to Field administration may require removal of the section by dredging, though current movement has ceased and Guacaracha and New Culebra sides are in good condition.
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Panama
Dmanghis
United States
Mal
Culebra
Ceanleise
Gucaracha
Cucararha
New Culebra
Monkey House 13 Haunt of Mashers at Central Park Zoo
Seven men were arrested in the monkey house of New York's Central Park Zoo by Lieutenant Duffy and a four man squad after complaints by women that mashers pursued them there. Magistrate Appleton gave three months in the workhouse to two defendants and thirty days to another. others held on $1,000 bail each as cases continue for counsel. Since the squad began seven weeks ago, seventeen arrests have been made, most receiving workhouse sentences.
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New York
Central Park ‘Zoo
Monkey House
Veteran cobbler Daniel Aiggiland retires after seventy five years
In Old Spring July 3 Daniel Aiggiland of Haviland Hollow, Putnam County, a shoemaker for seventy five years, laid down his last today. The eighty eight year old cobbler says he will take it easy for the rest of his life and plans a long vacation.
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Daniel Aiggiland
Haviland Hollow
Putnam’ County
Havil
Marriage Revealed Under Indigestion at Police Station
Philadelphia July 3 an acute indigestion episode exposed the marriage of Detective McGinty of the Twentieth Ward police station to Mins Cista Ocher of 1762 South Fourth Street. Police and the officials were notified by McGinty's wife as the secret was disclosed at the station. The ceremony reportedly occurred on May 5 and the couple plans to reside at 2325 Watkins.
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Wheladelphia
Fog
Wederal Streets
Fourth Street
Geanwhile
Iar
Watkins
Ost rich Farm hearing in Bloomsburg dollar dispute
A fragmentary report from Pennsylvania dated July 3 notes a hearing in a case involving a 120 dollar claim over a four year term at the Seirich Farm and Bloomsburg land. Federal judge Charles B Witmer presides as a receiver.
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Seirich Farm
Bloomsburg
Charles B Witmer
Ma” Aon
Jt 49
Volunteers Present Strange Spectacle
London July 3 A WWI era report describes volunteers at Woolwich arsenal starting a twelve hour shift on a Sunday. The brigade includes lawyers clerks brokers plumbers and barbers and they pack cartridges for service rifles under supervision from a Royal Ordnance official. Wages fund war charities and the scene shows notable camaraderie with union men. Also included are oddly garbled lines about cherry recipes and preservation.
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London
Woolwich Arsenal
H. D. Donaldson
Royal Ordnance Factories
Expert Tello What To Do With Cherries
Culinary expert Mrs. Anna B. Scott of the Philadelphia North American shares cherry week tips. She details buying, timing kitchen work in hot weather, and multiple preserves. She outlines marmalade, spiced cherries, canning in pints, and pies with precise poundage and steps.
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Anna B. Scott
Philadelphia
Girl Editor Has Many Proposals
Denver July 3 Miss Sad ie Welle Fenton a Vassar graduate and the youngest woman editor in the United States says she has refused numerous matrimonial offers from men who wanted to marry her to control the editorial policy of the Logansport Times in Indiana. She is en route to the National Editorial Association convention in Los Angeles and notes many proposals came from men who opposed her views on prohibition and suffrage.
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Denver
Col
Sadie Welle Fenton
Vassar
United States
Logansport Times
Indiana
America
Fenton
Sauerkraut battle in Berwick jury case
In Berwick Pennsylvania Justice Carey heard a dispute over sauerkraut. Wasil Koszt claims the kraut he bought is rotten while Michael Percho says it is the same palatable kraut the family enjoyed. Percho seeks $1.25 board and the barrel return as the quarrel draws in sauerkraut experts.
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Berwick
Justice Carey
Militia Camp Becomes Dry for New York Guards
New York July 3 intoxicants barred at the encampment of two reinforced brigades of the New York National Guard at Fishkill Plains from July 17 to August 1. An officer announces liquor will be forbidden to officers and men, a policy backed by Major General O'Ryan who has led efforts to curb alcohol use. The camp will operate its own water, street cleaning, health, police, and post office departments and provide public amusements. Each of the two camps will host 5,000 men.
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New York
New York National Guard
Fishkill Plains
Guard
O'Ryan
Post Ofice
Man's Heart Ruptures in Rare Auto Accident
James Kerr of Brooklyn, sales manager for Troy Wagon Works of Detroit, was killed in a unique surgical accident in New York. Police say two cars stalled on 283rd Street near Audubon Avenue collided, trapping Kerr between them. He died at Washington Heights Hospital from a ruptured heart.
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New York
James ‘Andrva Kerr
Brooklyn
Troy Wagon Works
Detroit
283Th Street
Audubon Avenue
Kerr
Washington Heights ‘Hospital
Stiace Immaurgescs Feuni Ayau
Marie Wanamaker Becomes Bride In National Celebration
Miss Marie Louise Wanamaker daughter of Rodman Wanamaker of Philadelphia and granddaughter of John Wanamaker married Gurnee Munn of Washington in a ceremony attended by hundreds from across the country. Gifts of great variety were given, notably a gold and amethyst pin from President Wilson.
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Marie “Ouise Ws
Rodman Wanamaker
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Gurnee Munn
Washington
Wilson
Nothing club formed to aid humanity in Cedar Grove NJ
A group of young people in Cedar Grove New Jersey organized the Nothing club to benefit humanity without recompense. They plan concerts and entertainments at county institutions, pledge to give what they can for happiness, and wear a smile badge. Dues are nothing.
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Cedar Grove
N. J
Ocbeiele
Nothing Club
Blind for 21 Years Girl Gains Sight
Marblehead Mass July 3 Maude Emerson Lincoln twenty one years of near blindness reports sudden recovery attrib to a miracle She explains how the veil lifted first in her right eye then in her left as she performed household tasks Her reactions include alarm at light and fear of people after years of darkness and confusion about her new sight
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Marblehead
Mass
Maude Emerson Lincoln
William F. Lincoln
Miss Lincoln
Canal boats used for chicken farming along local waterways
In HMWADING Pennsylvania canal boats once home to families now host a summer chicken operation. Delays from a broken dam extension keep boats out of service, while veterans like Captain John Miller run the navy yard stable. Boatmen Joseph Kilman Harry Myers and Frank Haas live aboard, saying they feel at home nowhere else.
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Hmwading
Navy Yard
Rivar
Schuylkill
John Miller
Canal Company
Canal
Joseph Kil- Man
Harry Myers
Frank Haas
Jokes That Lead to Matrimony Featured in Amusing Tales
Birmingham July 3 A humorous column recalls how matrimony often springs from wit and chance. A doctor cleverly resists a payment joke while a woman tries to trap him with a check. A ring impulse and a parliamentary betrothal skit follow, highlighting witty plots that end in marriage.
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Birmingham
Ala
Sfny
Nany
Lok
House of Representatives
Incoherent York instruction case nets four months in jail
A fragmentary report from York Pennsylvania notes Franb Hermann, claiming a Tampa home, was sentenced to four months for false pramnse involving “take mevne picture school.” The text suggests he intended to instruct girls for moving pictures at ten dollars each, but the wording is garbled and details remain unclear.
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York
Franb. Hermann
Tampa
Hermenn
York Girla
Longest Pennsylvania railroad tunnel tops list at Greentree
A public service commission exhibit lists 761 tunnel passages in Pennsylvania totaling 31 miles. The Wabash Pittsburg tunnel at Greentree is the longest at 4 7716 feet with natural ventilation, according to John P Dotoney the investigator.
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Harrisburg
Pal
Pennsylvania
Lemeth
John P. Dotoney
Wabash-Pittsburg
Greentree
Waitress Saves Big Amount on Salary of 16 Cents an Hour
Philadelphia July 3 A waitress Mrs Stella Makowski saved 1405.80 in ten years by earning 16 cents an hour. Judge Finletter heard Makowski seek a share of his wife bank account arguing a prenuptial pact. He dismissed the suit noting she had 1000 of her own and 769 received from him since their 1914 marriage.
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Philadelphia
Asa
Stella Makowski
Finletter
Makowski
Miukowski
Pinletter
Philadelphia Saving Fund Society
War argument ends in tragedy at Minersville
In Pottsville Pennsylvania on July 3 a violent quarrel between foreigners left one man dying and two in critical condition. George Bobbing sustained a deep abdominal wound requiring six stitches while George Gavinin had a knife embedded in his skull and William Avoloski suffered serious head injuries. The dispute arose over the war.
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Pottsville
Minersville
George Bobbing
George Gavinin
William Avoloski
Holy Jumpers Beat Back in Plainfield Tent Riot
A mob of over five hundred attacked a Watchung avenue tent meeting by the Holy Jumpers or Pillar of Fire, driving them from the city. They cut tent guy ropes risking fire. police intervened. Women were allowed to leave, men were stoned. Patrolman Harry Brower helped a man escape from a drug store while being struck in the process.
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Plainfield
S. Y
Watchung Avenue
Pillar of Fire
Harry Brower
Husband Defended By Wife In Forgery Trial
In Queens County Court, Austin H. Montegriffo, a Manhattan lawyer, stood trial on forgery charges. His wife Augusta Schwartz, also an attorney, appears in court records as co-defendant defending him. The indictment alleges he drew a $26 check to Max Jerry of Brooklyn, cashed at the North Side Bank of Brooklyn, bearing indorsements Jerry says he did not recognize.
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New York
Austin H. Montegriffo
Lawyer Living
Manhattan
Burt J. Humphrey
Queens
Bad Hin Wifm
Augusta Schwartz
Ali Tim
Bank of Grocklyn
C. B. Dobson
Jerry
Jerry Iyas
Grand Street
Brooklin
Finn
Vndars
Jarry Lad
Randolph Elkins Elks Hear Suffrage Plan Amid Losses
July 3 Elkins Randolph area notes report a meeting for equal suffrage in Randolph and local trustees reshuffle at Davis and Eskina College. Death of Henry Daniels from a farm accident near Beverly. state children’s home board and Knights of Columbus events noted. weather records broken with 37 degrees at 7 am. frost damage feared in Gladyn district.
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Elkins
Ar Jateriel
Lavinagle
Washington
Aso Iy
Davis and Eskina College
J. Horner Dayin
Glarksburg
Henry T. McClelland
Body Stephenson
Monterey
A. H. Hamilton
Steunton
Howard ,Sutherland
WA. Cook
Henry G Davis
Hev
Barron
N. 1 Hall
West Virginia State Children's Home
convan@d
Frank GC. Baker
E.V. Townsend
Huntington
J. W. Graham
Hinton
John Cummings
Wheeling
Robert D. Roller
Charleston
Elkins Council
Knights of Columbus
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Elkins Weather Bureau
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Kerens
Natalie Sutherland
Howard Sutherland
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Bridgeport
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W. T. Powell
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Miss Flanagen
Williamsport
Elizabeth Cuddy
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Misson Gertrude
Berths King
Miss de King
California
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